What happens if you hold a slinky at the top end, let it extend, and then drop it? Here’s a video setting up the problem: OK, so what do you think? Now watch this video to get the answer: Were you ...

Slinky’s, one of the cosmos’ perennial enigmas, has one amazing propert you’ve probably never noticed. But that’s okay. Our mortal eyes aren’t quick enough to notice—but this slow-mo camera is. It ...

(CBS) - What happens when you drop a slinky? Seems like a simple question, but the magic of slow-motion shows us the surprising answer in this educational video. Skip to 00:40 for the slo-mo goodness, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A camera crew gears up. Barricades are at the ready. Something's coming down in PPG Plaza. And that "something" is a large plastic Slinky. Mike Hennessy of Carnegie Science Center ...

WEBVTT 3 DID YOU KNOW THE "SLINKY" WAS INVENTED RIGHT HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA? IT'S TRUE! AND TODAY -- THE ICONIC TOY TOOK CENTER STAGE DOWNTOWN! SO -- WHY WOULD SOMEONE DROP A SLINKY OFF THE SIXTH FLOOR ...

When you drop a Slinky, what falls to the ground first: the top, the bottom, or everything all at once? Derek Muller, who created the popular YouTube channel Veritasium, first took on this puzzling ...

(ISNS) — While holiday shoppers search frantically for the Moshi Monsters, LeapPad Explorers, or Lalaloopsy Silly Hair dolls atop their children's wish lists, many physicists remain engrossed in the ...

Explore the phenomenon of acceleration due to gravity with the slinky collapse in this engaging science blog explanation. Were you correct? I'm proud to say I figured out what would happen, and even ...